The Outsiders Test Review

Front

What internal conflict is being described throughout the first excerpt (pgs. 31-36)?

Back

Ponyboy is struggling with being a Greaser and remembers thinking only Greasers have problems

Front

What can we infer about Cherry’s character from the sentence: “But when I came back to reality and looked at her, I was startled to find her as white as a sheet.”? Options: Cherry is sick, Cherry is mean, Cherry is spiteful, Cherry is compassionate.

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Cherry is compassionate.

Front

Based on Ponyboy’s comment, “I digested that.” what can we infer about Ponyboy’s point of view of Greasers?

Back

Ponyboy is realizing he might have his own stereotypes that Cherry is now making him aware of.

Front

Based on the last two paragraphs on p.35, where Two-Bit and Steve talk to Ponyboy and Johnny about greaser girls and girls in general, what characteristics do Two-Bit and Steve show?

Back

The Greasers (boys) care about each other

Front

Which sentence from the first paragraph of Chapter 3 shows Ponyboy’s character is developing?

Back

“Of course greasy girls would have acted a lot tougher, but there was a basic sameness.”

Front

Which conflict was being resolved based on the line: “It seemed funny to me that Socs---if these girls were any example---were just like us. They liked the Beatles and thought Elvis Presley was out, and we thought the Beatles were rank and that Elvis was tuff, but that seemed the only difference to me.”?

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Person vs. Group/Society

Front

Why did S.E. Hinton most likely write the scene that opens Chapter 3?

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Develop the external conflict by allowing Cherry’s character to continue showing Ponyboy how things are rough all over.

Front

What part of the story is being developed in the line: “We’re always going and going and going, and never asking where. Did you ever hear of having more than you wanted? So that you couldn’t want anything else and then started looking for something else to want? It seems like we’re always searching for something to satisfy us, and never finding it. Maybe if we could lose our cool we could.”? Options: Internal conflict, Ponyboy’s internal conflict, Cherry’s internal conflict, Climax.

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Cherry’s internal conflict, which now rounds out Cherry as a character

Front

"Aloofness" in the line: “Socs were always behind a wall of aloofness, careful not to let their real selves show through.”

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Distant

Front

What is the central idea of the following quote: “Sixteen years on the streets and you can learn a lot. But all the wrong things, not the things you want to learn. Sixteen years on the streets and you see a lot. But all the wrong sights, not the sights you want to see.”

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The setting shapes who the characters are